Suzanne Sadlier
121 Vela. South Sound
Summary
Transformative, engaged and innovative leader. Proven ability to navigate teams through challenging and pressured environments. Highly adaptable, empathic, self-aware, and critical thinker. Established record of driving revenue growth, implementing efficiencies, identifying complex solutions and consistently delivering enhanced performance outcomes.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Vice President- Captive Management
Artex Risk Solutions, North America
01.2024 - Current
Strategy Areas
- Single Parent Captives (Vermont, Hawaii, South Carolina. Arizona, Bermuda, Cayman)
- P&C Reinsurance (Cayman, Chicago-Religious Accounts)
- Benefits
- Life Reinsurance (Cayman)
- Artex Group Captives - Consulting, Captive Directors, Risk Management, Claims Advocacy, Domicile Management (Vermont, Bermuda, Cayman).
Functional Responsibilities
- Sales and Onboarding
- Client Services
- Corporate Governance-Board Responsibilities
- P&L Management (Budget, Forecast)
- Compliance
Leadership
- 80+ indirect reports
Lecturer
Financial Services Institute, Cayman
08.2023 - Current
- Cayman Compliance Diploma
Lecturer
International Center for Captive Insurance Education
08.2020 - Current
- "Reinsurance and Other Forms of Risk Transfer"
Managing Director
Artex Risk Solutions (Cayman) Limited
06.2022 - 12.2023
- Direct and lead the insurance management, business operations and strategic objectives
- Achieve established targets and business performance metrics
- Develop and grow client relationships
- Oversee the development and implementation of strategic development plans
Head of Onsite Inspections Unit
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
03.2021 - 05.2022
- Design and implementation of the on-site inspection strategy for all financial services sectors
- Re-designed the Authority's technological framework
- Strategic leader of the cybersecurity assessment framework
- Board reporting for onsite inspection mandate
Deputy Head of Insurance
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
06.2017 - 02.2021
- Co-led the supervision of the insurance industry in the Cayman Islands
- Responsible for enhancing the Authority's Risk Based Approach to supervision applicable to all financial services sectors
- Developed an enhanced monitoring framework for non-compliant entities and leading enforcement recommendations;
Reinsurance Specialist
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
04.2015 - 05.2017
- Designed and implemented the Authority’s Internal Capital Model Framework
- Enhanced the reinsurance supervisory framework
- Member of the IAIS Reinsurance Task Force-designed the existing international reinsurance regulatory standards (IAIS ICP 13)
Insurance Examiner
Central Bank of Ireland
10.2012 - 03.2015
- Supervision of Top Tier Global P&C Reinsurers
- Internal Capital Model reviews
- Regulatory Colleges
- Lead International On-site Inspections
Underwriting Assistant
Mitsui Sumitomo Reinsurance Ltd.
09.2009 - 09.2012
- Monitoring CAT aggregates
- Pricing and underwriting property and liability portfolios
- Contract wording reviews
- Statistical Analysis
Education
Bachelor of Arts - International Insurance
University of Limerick
2007
ACII - Chartered Insurer
Chartered Insurance Institute, UK
2013
Certified Catastrophe Modeler
AIR Institute
Boston2014
Skills
Sales and Business Development
Leadership
Strategic thinking
Project Management
Insurance
Reinsurance
Regulation
Captives
Underwriting
Risk Management
Corporate Governance
Financial Analysis
Internal Capital Models
Accomplishments
- Captive Review's 'Captive Power 50' - No 12 in 2025, No 17 in 2024
- Voted within Captive International's 'Influential Women in Insurance'- 2024
- Lead highest number of (re)insurance formations in Cayman in 2023- (12 out of the 41 licenses issued that year)
- Awarded on an individual basis 'Captive Manager of the Year' for 2023, Captive International- Cayman
- Instrumental in enhancing the profile and reputation of the Cayman Islands insurance industry through bolstering international relations and supporting reinsurance industry growth
International Relations
- Promoted CIMA's relationship with the Federal Office of Insurance (US Dept. of the Treasury)
- Promotion of the Cayman Islands reinsurance industry at the Cayman Finance- Reinsurance Roundtable New York (2020)
- Executive Committee of the National Association of Insurance Supervisors (“NAIC”)- instrumental in the Authority signing a bilateral MoU (2018)
- International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)- Forming strategic alliances and relationships
Additional Information
AM Best TV:
- Insurtech poised to change captive insurers (2017)
Captive International:
- Leaders of the Pack: at the cutting edge of Cayman captives (2020)
- Keeping Cayman competitive in 2018 (2018)
ICCIE Webinar:
- Captives in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis- A Regulator Roundtable Discussion (2020)
Cayman Captive Forum:
- Reinsurance (2023)
- Cybersecurity & Regulation- Are you Prepared? (2021)
- Update from the Cayman Regulator (2019)
- Improving a Captive’s Risk Framework through ERM (2019)
- Insurtech & Captives (2018)
- Accessing your Captive’s Surplus (2018)
FTS Cayman:
- Preparing for an onsite inspection from CIMA (2021)
Timeline
Executive Vice President- Captive Management
Artex Risk Solutions, North America
01.2024 - Current
Lecturer
Financial Services Institute, Cayman
08.2023 - Current
Managing Director
Artex Risk Solutions (Cayman) Limited
06.2022 - 12.2023
Head of Onsite Inspections Unit
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
03.2021 - 05.2022
Lecturer
International Center for Captive Insurance Education
08.2020 - Current
Deputy Head of Insurance
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
06.2017 - 02.2021
Reinsurance Specialist
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
04.2015 - 05.2017
Insurance Examiner
Central Bank of Ireland
10.2012 - 03.2015
Underwriting Assistant
Mitsui Sumitomo Reinsurance Ltd.
09.2009 - 09.2012
Bachelor of Arts - International Insurance
University of Limerick
ACII - Chartered Insurer
Chartered Insurance Institute, UK
Certified Catastrophe Modeler
AIR Institute